Winter Has Ended

Meteorologically speaking, winter in the Netherlands ended on Feb 28. That is how the meteorologists talk here...in terms of the meteorological seasons. That means the the hottest three months are summer, the coldest three winter, fall is the three months after summer, and spring is the three months after winter. I don't remember hearing a lot about this delineation of seasons in the US but here it's how they speak.

This winter had 3 high points:

1. There were over 100 more hours of sun than "normal". Thank God and I can't quite imagine it as there were plenty of sunless days.

2. January was the coldest in 30 years. Very enjoyable!

3. February was the wettest in 12 years. Guess that was when we had all the sunless days.

And now we are into spring...my favorite season.